Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "PRINCESS."

(1929) 34 Ll.L.Rep. 383

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Hill, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain A. S. Mackay, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Negligence - Damage to steamship - Sinking of defendants' barge alongside plaintiffs' steamship-Barge unattended -Fall of tide-Steamship at rest upon barge-Barge prima facie negligent-Defendants' plea of inevitable accident-Onus of proof-Sinking of barge due to collision with unknown vessel-Absence of riding light on barge -Breach of regulations-Thames By-laws, 1914-1926, No. 14-

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